Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

african clawed frog

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.82 in modern English

Syllables: african -clawed frog
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

2

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A clawed frog found in southern Africa, Xenopus laevis, that has some properties very useful for genetics.

Example Sentences

"Heaven knows what led him to do it, but Hogben found that if you injected an African clawed frog with the urine of a pregnant woman, within hours it would lay eggs."

Inflected Forms

African clawed frogs (plural)

Synonyms

xenopus African clawed toad platanna common platanna xenopus laevis

Questions

What does african clawed frog mean?: A clawed frog found in southern Africa, Xenopus laevis, that has some properties very useful for genetics.

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